Category Archives: Drama

Retribution

Release 2023

Genre Action, Crime, Drama

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Director: Nimród Antal
Writers: Alberto Marini, Christopher Salmanpour
Stars: Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Arian Moayed
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6906292/

A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

Love at First Sight

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Romance

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Director: Vanessa Caswill
Writers: Katie Lovejoy, Jennifer E. Smith
Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Katrina Nare, Jameela Jamil
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13444014/

Hadley and Oliver begin to fall for each other on their flight from New York to London. The probability of ever finding each other again seems impossible, but love - and London - may have a way of defying the odds.

A Million Miles Away

Release 2023

Genre Drama

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Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella
Writers: Bettina Gilois, Hernán Jiménez, Alejandra Márquez Abella
Stars: Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Veronica Falcón, Juan Pablo Monterrubio
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21940010/

A biopic about Jose Hernandez and his path from a farm worker to becoming an engineer and an astronaut. A tale of perseverance, community and sacrifice to accomplish a seemingly impossible dream.

Shortcomings

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Director: Randall Park
Writers: Adrian Tomine, Adrian Tomine
Stars: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson, Debby Ryan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14483774/

Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.

Jules

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

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Director: Marc Turtletaub
Writers: Gavin Steckler
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Teddy Cañez, Narea Kang
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15428940/

Milton lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard.

Landscape with Invisible Hand

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

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Director: Cory Finley
Writers: Cory Finley, M.T. Anderson
Stars: Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish, Kylie Rogers, Brooklynn MacKinzie, Josh Hamilton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7645334/

When an occupying alien species' bureaucratic rule and advanced technology leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, two teenagers hatch a risky plan to ensure their families' futures.

Sitting in Bars with Cake

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Director: Trish Sie
Writers: Audrey Shulman
Stars: Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, Bette Midler, Ron Livingston, Martha Kelly
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8452344/

Based on the cookbook Sitting in Bars with Cake by Audrey Shulman.

Haunting of the Queen Mary

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Mystery

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Director: Gary Shore, Rebecca Harris
Writers: Gary Shore, Tom Vaughan
Stars: Alice Eve, Tim Downie, Joel Fry, Nell Hudson, William Shockley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3463938/

Haunting of the Queen Mary explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family's voyage on Halloween night in 1938, and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day.

Past Lives

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Romance

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Director: Celine Song
Writer: Celine Song
Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346/

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Inside Man

Release 2023

Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Danny A. Abeckaser
Writers: Kosta Kondilopoulos
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Jake Cannavale, Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Danny A. Abeckaser
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18071320/

Based on true events, a disgraced police detective seeking redemption by going undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.